State health officials say Indiana is continuing its record-setting increases in COVID-19 hospitalizations and new infections as the state once again surpassed 4,000 new cases and reported 63 more deaths.
The newly reported deaths raised Indiana’s pandemic death toll to 4,731, including confirmed and presumed coronavirus infections.
The 4,879 new infections reported Tuesday were Indiana’s second-highest daily count of newly reported COVID-19 cases and marked the sixth straight day the state reported more than 4,000 new cases.
Indiana’s hospitalizations are also at an all-time high, setting a record for the eighth straight day with 2,336 patients admitted.
Of those hospitalized, 599 were in intensive care — the most since April 25th.
